Garment bagging machine



Patented June 9, 1 931 UNITED STATES BIRMINGHAM,,ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OFONE HALF TO CLIFTON M. ELLIS, OF BIRMINGHAMyALABAMA.

WILLIE A. SHIELDS, OF

PATENT OFFICE T GARMENT BAGGING MACHINE Application filed December 18,192% Serial No. 414,97 1.

My invention relates to garment bagging apparatus adapted for useincleaning and pressing establishments, dry goods stores, etc., and hasfor its object the provision of an apparatus of the character designatedwhich shall be simple and sturdy of design and reliable and rapid inoperation.

A further object of my invention is to provide garment bagging apparatuswhich shall include a means for supporting a garment to be bagged andpower operated means ready placing over the pended, together with meansfor engaging and manually raising a bag upwardly on the pole to bereleased and pulled downwardly over the garment. For example, see myprior Patent No. 1,304,913, issued May 28th, 1919. While such apparatushas proven very successful in use, I have found that by providing aninclined bag support down which a bag may slide by gravity, and byproviding power operated means for ra1s ing the bag, the rate at whichgarments may be bagged is greatly increased.

Apparatus embodying features of my invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this application, in which Fig.1 is a view in side elevation of my improved apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a view looking in the direction of the arrows II-II of Fig. 1;and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings for a better understanding of my invention, myimproved apparatus comprises a rectangular frame, only one side of whichis shown and which includes front upright supports 10 and rearuprightsupports 11' with an intermediate upright support 12. Joined to v thebottom of the supports 10, 11 and 12 are foundation supports 13' andjoined to upper ends of the upright supports 10, 11 and 12 are,horizontal frame members 14. The members 10 to 14 inclusive mayconveniently be made of standard pipe sections. The apparatus isprovided with casters 16 whereby it may be moved from 'place'to place.Suitably mounted in the frame are a plurality of shelves 15 for storingempty bags.

Mounted upon the frame just described at the rear thereof is anupstanding member 17 braced by means of braces 18 and 19 and which isprovided'on its upper end with a sleeve 21 having a downwardly inclinedarm 22. Rigidly secured in the arm 22 is a.

downwardly inclined pole 23 which extends downwardly to the front of themachine and terminates in a hook 24 adapted to support] a garment 26 tobe bagged.

Intermediate the front and rear frame members 10 and 11 are upstandingsupports.

27 and 28 which are secured attheir bottoms to the horizontalframemembers 14. Pivotally supported at 29 and 31 by the 'members 27 and. 28is a downwardly'inclined' platform or slide 32 which is arranged justbelow the downwardly inclined pole 23; The lower end of the slide 32rests upon upright supports 33. At the lower endof the slide 32, beneaththe pole 23, is'provided a trough 34 whereby the' lower end of the slidemaybe raised up level with the lower end of the pole 23. The slide 32 ispreferably provided with a relatively large opening 36, across whichwires 37 are" strung.

The purpose of this is to reduce the weight of the slide and to reducethe frictional "resistance to sliding;

Mounted in bearings 41 on the transverse member 14, towardthe front ofthe apparatus, are rollers 38 which project upwardly through slots 39provided in the slide 32 when the slide is in its lower position. The

, rollers 38 are driven by a motor 42 suitably supported from thehorizontal frame members 14. p a

The slide 32is provided with upwardly extending sides 43 which terminateat the lower end in a pair of upwardly extending bearing supports44iPivotally mounted in the supports 44 is a rocking frame 46 havingdownwardly extending arms 47, 48, 49 and 51. Mount-ed in the lower endof the arms 47 and 48 above one of the slots 39 in the slide 32 andabovea driving roller 38,

is an idler roller 52. A similar'i-dler roller- 53 is mounted inthelower ends of the arms I 49 and 51 above the otherslot 39 in the slide32 and above the other driving roller 38.

Extending inwardly of the slide 32 and carried by the bearing supports44 are pins 54 and 56 ,so positioned that the arms 47 and neath theslide 32. The crank arm 59 extends reardwardly of theshaft 61 :to forman operating lever 62. Connected to the operating lever 62 is a link 63which is connected at its lower end to a rank 64, The crank 64. iscarried by a shaft 66 mounted in bearings 67 and 68 positioned in thelower portion of theframe. Mounted adjacent the bearing is aiplate 69provided with i a recess 71 which is adapted to receive a lug 72 carriedby the crank 64. On the inner end ofthe shaft 66 is a spring 73 whichbears against the hearing 68 and a stop 74 so as to urge the crank 64toward the plate 69. The shaft 66 maybe turned by means i of a footpedal 76 on the outer end thereof.

The operation of my improvedlgairment bagging apparatus is as follows; 7With the slide 32 and idler rollers 52 and 53 in the position shown inthe drawing, and the motor 42 running, an empty bag is threaded over thepole 23 and passed be-V tween the idler and driving rollers whereupon itis forced upwardly in the slide '32. While the bag is moving to itsupper position a garment 26 is hung on the ihook24 at thevlower end ofthe pole'23. The pedal 76 is then operated to raisethe idler rollers 52and '53 off the bag and to raise the slide 32 up level with the inclinedpole 23. In this position the lug 72 falls into the recess 71 to holdthe rollers and theslide in their upper positions. The slide is thenabove the driving rollers 38 to permit free return of the empty bag,WVhen the idler rollers and slide are thus raised, the :bag returns bygravity down the pole '23 and is pulled by hand down over the garment26. The pedal 76 is then operated to permit the idler rollers and slideto lower whereupon. the apparatus is ready to repeat the operationdescribed.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have devised an improvedgarment bagging apparatus which issimple of construction and operationandiwhich embodies power operated means for raising the bags to aposition to bepulled down over the-garmerits to he bagged This provisionof power operated means frees the hands of the worker't-o position agarment for bagging and accordingly practically doubles the rate'atwhich garments may be bagged as compared. with wholly manually operatedmeans. V V I While I have shown my invention in but onef-orrn, it. willbe 'obviousto those skilled in the art that it is not so limited but issusceptible of various changes and modifications without departing from,the'spirit thereof, and I desire therefore that only suchclimite ationsshall be placed thereupon as are imposed by the prior art, or as arespecifically set forth in the appended claims- 7 jWhat I claim is: 4 f c7 r 1. In a garment bagging'machine, a fixed- 1y secured pole forslidably supporting an empty'bag and disposed at anangle to thehorizontal, means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower endthereof, a slide extending in substantial parallelism with the polepositionedbelow the pole for supporting thesides of. the bag, said slidebeing pivotally mounted'below the pole, and means for raising the lowerend of' the slide up level with the pole.

.2. In a garment baggingmac'hine, a fixedly secured pole for, slidablysupporting an empty bag and disposed atjan angle to the horizontal,means for mounting a garment to be "bagged atf-the lower end thereof, aslide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positionedbelow the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, and mechanical meansfor moving abag upwardly,

along the pole and slide. V p In a garment bagging machine, afixedlysecured pole for slidably supporting an emptybag and disposed at anangle to the;

horizontal, means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower endthereof, a

slide extending in substantial parallelism with the .pole positionedbelow the pole for,

supporting the sides of the bag, and rollermeans for moving a bagupwardly, along the pole and slide. p

4. In a garment bagging machine, a fixedly secured pole for slidablysupporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal,means for mounting a garment to be bagged atithe lower end thereof, aslide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positionedbelow-the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, said slide beingpivotally mounted below the pole, means for raising the lower end of theslide into the inclined plane of the pole, and power driven roller meansfor moving a bag upwardly along the pole and slide.

5. In a garment bagging machine, a fixed- 1y secured pole for slidablysupporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal,means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, aslide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positionedbelow the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, said slide beingpivotally mounted. below the pole, means for raising the lower end ofthe slide into the inclined plane of the pole, power driven roller meansfor moving a bag upwardly along the pole and slide, and means fordisengaging the power driven means to permit gravital return of the bagalong the pole and slide.

6. In a garment bagging machine, a fixedly secured pole for slidablysupporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal,means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, aslide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positionedbelow the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, said slide beingpivotally mounted below the pole,

means for raising the lower end of the slide into the inclined plane ofthe pole, power driven driving rollers for elevating a bag, said rollersbeing mounted below the slide and projecting therethrough, and idlerrollers mounted above the slide and adapted to cooperate with thedriving rollers.

7 ,In a garment bagging machine, a fixed 1y secured pole for slidablysupporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal,means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, aslide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positionedbelow the pole for support ing the sides of the bag, said slide beingpivotally mounted below the pole, means for raising the lower end of theslide into the inclined plane of the pole, power driven raising thelower end of the slide into the inclined plane of the pole, power drivendriving rollers for elevating a bag, said 7 rollers being mounted belowthe slide and projecting therethrough, idler rollers mounted above theslide and adapted to cooperate with the driving rollers, and means formoving the slide above the horizontal plane of the driving rollers.

9, In a garment bagging machine, a fixedly secured pole for slidablysupporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal,means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, aslide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positionedbelow the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, said slide beingpivotally mounted below; the pole, means for raising the lower end ofthe slide into the inclined plane of the pole, power driven drivingrollers for elevating a bag, said rollers being mounted below the slideand projecting therethrough, idler rollers mounted above the slide andadapted to cooperate with the driving rollers, means for moving theslide above the horizontal plane of the driving rollers, and meansadapted to sustain the idler rollers and the slide in a raised positionuntil released.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIE A. SHIELDS.

driving rollers for elevating a bag, said rollers being mounted belowthe slide and projecting therethrough, idler rollers mount- 1 ed abovethe slide and adapted to cooperate with the driving rollers, and meansfor moving the idler rollers out of engagement with the driving rollers.

8. In a garment bagging machine, a fixedly secured pole for slidablysupporting an empty bag and disposed at an angle to the horizontal,means for mounting a garment to be bagged at the lower end thereof, aslide extending in substantial parallelism with the pole positionedbelow the pole for supporting the sides of the bag, said slide beingpivotally mounted below the pole, means for

